Quinnipiac University’s pollsters yesterday delivered some refreshing — but not at all surprising — news: By a two-to-one margin, New Yorkers believe the NYPD has acted fairly and appropriately in monitoring the region’s Muslim communities.

Fully 58 percent reject the smear that the NYPD “has unfairly targeted Muslims.” Men and women . . . young and old . . . blacks, whites and Hispanics . . . Democrats, Republicans and independents . . . every single group supported police counter-terror efforts, which have helped thwart 14 attempted strikes in New York since 9/11.

The findings are a thumb in the eye to the sob sisters at the Associated Press and The New York Times, which have been laboring to undercut confidence in the NYPD.

The fact of the matter is that New York has not been well-served by the FBI in fighting terrorism, and it needs a force dedicated to the city’s safety.

New Yorkers get that.

So it’s no surprise the Q-Poll shows that 82 percent of New Yorkers think the NYPD “has been effective in combating terrorism” — the evidence was on display yesterday in a Manhattan court, where 28-year-old Jose Pimentel (a k a Muhammad Yusuf) was arraigned after being caught by the NYPD while building a nail-packed pipe bomb.

What the poll shows is that, as far as New Yorkers are concerned, the debate is over: The NYPD has earned the city’s admiration for its ceaseless efforts in guarding Gotham.